BTW was watching the Island Record 50th birthday retrospective on BBC 4 the other night - oh what a wonderful nostalgia trip! My particular Island faves in my vinyl collection: (Thanks to Wikipedia for jogging my memory)
Art of Noise, Black Uhuru, Bomb the Bass, John Cale, Brian Eno, Chaba Fadela, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, PJ Harvey, Grace Jones, Jethro Tull, Salif Keita, Khaled, Anglique Kidjo, Kid Creole & the Coconuts, King Sunny Ad, Bill Laswell, Phil Manzanera, Bob Marley, M/A/R/R/S (although I was a bigger fan of Colourbox), Material, Malcolm McLaren, Mott the Hoople, Nico, The Orb, Robert Palmer, Lee Scratch Perry, Praxis, Propaganda, Alex Reece, Roxy Music, Set the Tone, Shankar, Sheep on Drugs, Roni Size, The Slits, Sly & Robbie, Sparks, Stereo MC's, Thirst, Tricky, U2, Ultravox!, Amy Winehouse, Yello, Chaba Zahouania........
Can't wait to clear out my back room and finally get the record/CD collection in